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:*'''[[FHC Portal]]''' This Portal allows you '''free''' access to many subscription databases including Ancestry, Heritage Quest, World Vital Records and more. A partial list and description follows:<br>
:*'''[[FHC Portal]]''' This Portal allows you '''free''' access to many subscription databases including Ancestry, Heritage Quest, World Vital Records and more. A partial list and description follows:<br>
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*'''www.Ancestry.com''' has 7 billion genealogical records from around the globe along with millions of family trees posted Ancestry is a great research resource. <br>
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*'''www.Ancestry.com''' has 7 billion genealogical records from around the globe along with millions of family trees posted Ancestry is a great research resource. <br>
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*'''www.HeritageQuestOnline.com''' HeritageQuest® Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources. It is rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. Heritage Quest Online database is a collection of material for both genealogical and historical researchers, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s. Researchers can use HeritageQuest Online to find their ancestors, trace their paths across America, and learn what life was like in the areas where they settled.The collection consists of '''<u>six core data sets</u>''':<br>'''1. U.S. Federal Censuses''' feature the original images of every extant federal census in the United States, from 1790 through 1930, with name indexes for many decades. In total the collection covers more than 140 million names.<br>'''2. Genealogy and local history books''' deliver more than 7 million digitized page images from over 28,000 family histories, local histories, and other books.<br>'''3. Periodical Source Index (PERSI)''', published by the Allen County Public Library, is recognized as the most comprehensive index genealogy and local history periodicals. It contains more than 2 million records covering titles published around the world since 1800.<br>'''4. Revolutionary War records''' contains original images from pension and bounty land warrant application files help to identify more than 80,000 American Army, Navy, and Marine officers and enlisted men from the Revolutionary War era.<br>'''5. Freedman’s Bank Records''', with more than 480,000 names of bank applicants, their dependents, and heirs from 1865–1874, offers valuable data that can provide important clues to tracing African American ancestors prior to and immediately after the Civil War.<br>'''6. LexisNexis U.S. Serial Set''' records the memorials, petitions, private relief actions made to the U.S. Congress back to 1789, with a total of more than 480,000 pages of information.<br>
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<u>NOTE</u>: You may also be able to access <u>Heritage Quest Online</u> from home via your local library’s web page using your library card.<br>
*'''www.Fold3.com''' This is a wonderful collection of original military records. If you have any ancestors who served in the military, this collection can allow you to access records for them and their families. <br>
*'''www.Fold3.com''' This is a wonderful collection of original military records. If you have any ancestors who served in the military, this collection can allow you to access records for them and their families. <br>
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*'''Newspaper Archives'''– ''[http://www.newspaperarchive.com NewspaperArchive.com] is the world's largest online newspaper archive. Featuring billions of articles from historical newspapers around the U.S. and the world, NewspaperARCHIVE makes exploring history and genealogy easy and fun. Discover fascinating news in archived newspapers hundreds of years old—including obituaries, birth announcements, sports articles, comics, and more—to fill in the life stories you are interested in. And share those stories with others through our community at OurNewspaperARCHIVE. All of our historical newspapers are full-page and fully searchable. Try exploring above, and discover your history today!"''
*'''Newspaper Archives'''– ''[http://www.newspaperarchive.com NewspaperArchive.com] is the world's largest online newspaper archive. Featuring billions of articles from historical newspapers around the U.S. and the world, NewspaperARCHIVE makes exploring history and genealogy easy and fun. Discover fascinating news in archived newspapers hundreds of years old—including obituaries, birth announcements, sports articles, comics, and more—to fill in the life stories you are interested in. And share those stories with others through our community at OurNewspaperARCHIVE. All of our historical newspapers are full-page and fully searchable. Try exploring above, and discover your history today!"''
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*'''Alexander Street Press, American Civil War'''–Research Data: Contains indexed, searchable information on over 4 million soldiers and thousands of battles, together with 15,000 photographs. Letters and Diaries: Contains approximately 100,000 indexed pages of diaries, letters, and memoirs, including 4,000 pages of previously unpublished manuscripts, such as the letters of Amos Wood and his wife and the diary of Maryland planter William Claytor. Images, Photographs, Posters, and Ephemera: Provides a vivid history of the American Civil War with over 1,400 images.
*'''Alexander Street Press, American Civil War'''–Research Data: Contains indexed, searchable information on over 4 million soldiers and thousands of battles, together with 15,000 photographs. Letters and Diaries: Contains approximately 100,000 indexed pages of diaries, letters, and memoirs, including 4,000 pages of previously unpublished manuscripts, such as the letters of Amos Wood and his wife and the diary of Maryland planter William Claytor. Images, Photographs, Posters, and Ephemera: Provides a vivid history of the American Civil War with over 1,400 images.
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*'''ArkivDigital Online'''–ArkivDigital is the largest private provider of Swedish Church Records and other historical records online! All images are newly photographed color images of the original documents.
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*'''Find My Past'''–FindMyPast makes it easy to research your UK ancestry and create your family tree. Search census records and trace births, marriages, and deaths to bring your family history to life.
*'''Find My Past'''–FindMyPast makes it easy to research your UK ancestry and create your family tree. Search census records and trace births, marriages, and deaths to bring your family history to life.
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*'''The Genealogist'''–English parish records, directories, census, civil registration, surname mapping, and selected army and navy lists.
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*'''Historic Map Works Library Edition'''–is one of the most extensive digital map collections available, with over 470,000 high-resolution, full color historic and antique maps. The core of the collection consists of cadastral (property and land ownership) maps illustrating the geographic and development history of the United States and also includes illustrations, city directories, and more. This unique content allows genealogists, historians, and academic researchers to track the "residential genealogy" of families and locations.
*'''Historic Map Works Library Edition'''–is one of the most extensive digital map collections available, with over 470,000 high-resolution, full color historic and antique maps. The core of the collection consists of cadastral (property and land ownership) maps illustrating the geographic and development history of the United States and also includes illustrations, city directories, and more. This unique content allows genealogists, historians, and academic researchers to track the "residential genealogy" of families and locations.